devildog47959 Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 The 2011 WWC are underway this week in Istanbul, Turkey (Sep 12-18) Hoosier Native Reece Humphrey will look to take home the gold in the 60 kg/132 lbs.- weight class. Reece will wrestle on Saturday Complete list of US wrestlers competing Greco-Roman 55 kg/121 lbs. - Spenser Mango, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army) 60 kg/132 lbs. - Joe Betterman, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) 66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Justin Lester, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army) 74 kg/163 lbs. ? Andy Bisek, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Minnesota Storm) 84 kg/185 lbs. - Cheney Haight, Boise, Idaho (New York AC) 96 kg/211.5 lbs. - Justin Ruiz, Orem, Utah (New York AC) 120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Dremiel Byers, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army) National Coaches ? Steve Fraser, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Momir Petkovic, Colorado Springs, Colo. World Team Coaches ? Dan Chandler, Minneapolis, Minn.; James Johnson, Phoenix, Ariz. Team Leader ? Dave Barry, Hoboken, N.J. College programs: Northern Michigan (Mango, Betterman, Lester, Bisek, Haight), Iowa State (Lester), Nebraska (Ruiz), North Carolina A&T (Byers) Women?s freestyle 48 kg/105.5 lbs. - Clarissa Chun, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) 51 kg/112.25 lbs. - Whitney Conder, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC) 55 kg/121 lbs. - Helen Maroulis, Rockville, Md. (New York AC) 59 kg/130 lbs. - Kelsey Campbell, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) 63 kg/138.75 lbs.? Elena Pirozhkova, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC) 67 kg/147.5 lbs. - Adeline Gray, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC) 72 kg/158.5 lbs. - Ali Bernard, New Ulm, Minn. (Gator WC) National Coaches ? Terry Steiner, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Izzy Izboinikov, Colorado Springs, Colo. World Team Coaches ? Kevin Black, River Falls, Wis.; Keith Wilson, Colorado Springs, Colo. Team Leader ? Kim Martori, Phoenix, Ariz. Colleges: Missouri Valley (Chun); Northern Michigan (Conder); Simon Fraser (Maroulis); Missouri Baptist (Maroulis); Arizona State (Campbell); Univ. of Alberta (Bernard); Univ. of Regina (Bernard) Men?s freestyle 55 kg/121 lbs. - Nick Simmons, Corvallis, Ore. (Sunkist Kids) 60 kg/132 lbs.- Reece Humphrey, Columbus, Ohio (New York AC) 66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Teyon Ware, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC) 74 kg/163 lbs. ? Jordan Burroughs, Lincoln, Neb. (Sunkist Kids) 84 kg/185 lbs. - Cael Sanderson, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC) 96 kg/211.5 lbs. ? Jake Varner, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC) 120 kg/264.5 lbs. ? Tervel Dlagnev, Columbus, Ohio (Sunkist Kids) National Coaches ? Zeke Jones, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Brandon Slay, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Bill Zadick, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Bobby Douglas, Colorado Springs, Colo. World Team Coaches ? John Smith, Stillwater, Okla., Lou Rosselli, Columbus, Ohio; Casey Cunningham, State College, Pa. Team Leader ? Mike Novogratz, New York, N.Y. College programs: Iowa State (Sanderson, Varner), Michigan State (Simmons), Ohio State (Humphrey), Oklahoma (Ware), Nebraska (Burroughs), Nebraska-Kearney (Dlagnev) http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=24082 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devildog47959 Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE (with U.S. athletes date of competition) Sessions are at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. each day, Istanbul time Note: Istanbul is seven hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone. Monday, September 12 Greco-Roman 55 kg, 66 kg, 96 kg (Mango, Lester, Ruiz) Tuesday, September 13 Greco-Roman 60 kg, 84 kg, 120 kg (Betterman, Haight, Byers) Wednesday, September 14 Greco-Roman 74 kg (Fisher); Women?s freestyle 48 kg, 51 kg (Chun, Conder) Thursday, September 15 Women?s freestyle 55 kg, 59 kg, 63 kg (Maroulis, Campbell, Pirozhkova) Friday, September 16 Women?s freestyle 67 kg, 72 kg (Gray, Bernard); Men?s freestyle 55 kg (Simmons) Saturday, September 17 Men?s freestyle: 60 kg, 84 kg, 96 kg (Humphrey, Sanderson, Varner) Sunday, September 18 Men?s freestyle: 66 kg, 74 kg, 120 kg (Ware, Burroughs, Dlagnev) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devildog47959 Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 ESPN3.com, also known as WatchESPN.com, will be webcasting the championship finals and bronze medal matches from each day of the 2011 Wrestling World Championships from Istanbul, Turkey from Sept. 12-18 Live video starts everyday at 12pm Click link below to access viewing links http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=24085 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Not been a great two days thus far for the US. At least not on the Greco side of things. The one slight positive as been Lester as 4-2 and placed 5th. This does qualify the US at that weight class for the Olympics. The top 5 qualify there country at that specific weight and everyone else has to keep trying at another qualifying event. Mango 0-1 (27th) Ruiz 1-2 (20th) Betterman 0-1 (35th) Haight 0-1 (26th) Byers 0-1 (24th) These placement were decided by how the opponent that beat you finished the event. For those unaware the only way to reach the wrestleback/repechage portion (for 3rd place) in international competition is if someone who beat you made the finals of the competition. Hopefully, we will finish a little stronger as the week progresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 ESPN3.com, also known as WatchESPN.com, will be webcasting the championship finals and bronze medal matches from each day of the 2011 Wrestling World Championships from Istanbul, Turkey from Sept. 12-18 www.themat.tv is also uploading match footage and interviews as the week progresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devildog47959 Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 The top 5 qualify there country at that specific weight and everyone else has to keep trying at another qualifying event. MM, its actually the Top 6 finishers, at least according to ''Themat'' ''This event is a major qualifying event for the 2012 London Olympic Games. The top six placewinners in each of the 18 Olympic weight classes will qualify their nation to compete at the Olympic Games in that weight class.'' http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=24082 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devildog47959 Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 Hopefully, we will finish a little stronger as the week progresses. I hope so too! seen that we didnt do 2 well in Mens Greco... I think we will have a strong showing in Mens freestyle, I am super excited for Reece! I am anxious to see how Cael does, 1st true test since his comeback. Also Burroughs has been tearing up freestyle, it will be nice to see how he does against this level of world class competition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WC182Dad Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Goodluck Hump, one of the best freestyle wrestlers I have ever seen. Keep up the great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 MM, its actually the Top 6 finishers, at least according to ''Themat'' There are two 3rd/5th place matches. So you have to place 5th, but there are 6 total wrestlers that will be 1st, 2nd, 3rd (2) or 5th (2). You're both right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devildog47959 Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 There are two 3rd/5th place matches. So you have to place 5th, but there are 6 total wrestlers that will be 1st, 2nd, 3rd (2) or 5th (2). You're both right. I did not know that, thanks for clearing that up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Hopefully, we will finish a little stronger as the week progresses. The hits keep coming. Fisher and Conder both lost second round in the greco and women's competitions, respectively. Both are out of medal contention as well. Chun lost in the quarters at 48kg for the women and is waiting to see if the girl that beat her will win in the semi's and push her into the bronze medal semi-finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I did not know that, thanks for clearing that up Yeah sorry may have been able to say it differently but international wrestling is a strange medal system to explain. It set up in a way so they do not have to have full wrestlebacks. Plus they feel have two bronze medal allows more recognition for the countries. Not to mention its their way of saying sorry for removing weight classes form competition over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 The hits keep coming. Fisher and Conder both lost second round in the greco and women's competitions, respectively. Both are out of medal contention as well. Chun lost in the quarters at 48kg for the women and is waiting to see if the girl that beat her will win in the semi's and push her into the bronze medal semi-finals. Chun lost in the repechage semi-finals. That's 0 for 9 in medals after 3 days of competition (0 for 7 in greco, and 0 for 2 in the women's fs). More of the same theme from the last number of years in international competition. It only seems to be getting worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Some better results so far today from the ladies. Maroulis is 2-1 at 55kg and waiting to see if the Japanese Olympic champion she lost to wins in the semi's. Pirozhkova at 63kg is in the semi's, so she definitely has two chances to try and medal (and of course is still in contention for gold). She has the other Olympic gold medalist from Japan next. Campbell at 59kg went 0-1 and is eliminated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Maroulis did in fact enter the repechage rounds. She won her first match and needs 2 more wins to medal. Pirozhkova lost in the semi's to the Japanese girl who beat her out for the gold last year. She's in the bronze medal match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Maroulis and Pirozhkova both going for bronze. I'm assuming they'll show both matches on ESPN3 at 7pm when the nightly broadcast comes on. Pirozhkova got silver last year, but I think this is the first world championship appearance for Maroulis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Yikes. They both lost. We're 0 for 12. Two more women, plus 55kg of the men's freestyle tomorrow. Let's hope we can get it going a little bit. We've definitely got a few guys that could medal in freestyle (including Reece). How awesome is it to have Sanderson back, by the way? Is he all the way back? Can't wait to find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Obviously, there are no easy paths at Worlds, but Nick Simmons seems to have gotten a very favorable draw for tomorrow. No one who finished Top 10 at worlds last year till the quarters. Only a 5th place finisher from last year's worlds potentially before the semi's. World Champion on the other side of the bracket entirely. Anyway, we'll see if he can make something of his opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Simmons wins R1 over a German (1-0, 0-1, 2-0). Wrestles a guy from Moldova in the Round of 32. With smaller brackets for the women's upper weights, Gray into round of 16 at 67kg without wrestling and Bernard into round of 16 with a first-round victory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Simmons wins 2 more at 55kg and is now in the quarterfinals against a Japanese guy who may be the favorite of the 4 left on his side of the bracket. The Russian defending champ is on the other side of the bracket. For the women, Bernard upset last year's silver medalist from Canada in the quarters at 72kg and is probably a slight favorite to advance to the final. The gold medalist from Russia is in the other semi-final. Gray lost in the round of 16 at 67kg, but the Chinese girl who beat her looks favored to win in the semi's and put Gray into the repechage round where she would need 2 victories to medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Simmons beats the Japanese! He's into the semi's against a Bulgarian who finished 7th last year. Amazing opportunity to wrestle for gold if he can seize it. Whatever the case, he definitely has 2 chances to win a match and get on the medal stand. Bernard gets beat in the semi's and will wrestle in the bronze medal match. Gray is back alive in the repechage semi's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 The East Lansing Stranger is on fire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 I hope he's got something left in the tank. He beat the Tajik in the round of 16 (2-1, 0-3, 4-3), and the Japanese 7-4, 6-5. That's a couple of wars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Simmons' style can put a lot of points on the board for both him and his opponent, he rarely is one to have a period go to the ball draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 He lost 0-1, 0-1 to the Bulgarian. Bummer. He'll be going for bronze on the ESPN3 broadcast at 12:30pm--very likely against last year's bronze medalist, an Iranian. Gray with a huge win over last year's gold medal-winning Canadian. She and Bernard will also wrestle for bronze at 12:30pm on ESPN3. Come on! One of these 3 has to give us a breakthrough in the medals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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